Those activities have numerous constituencies, whose interests can clash. The Interior secretary’s main job is to promote thoughtful planning that balances resource development and conservation.

The Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country, officially has a new leader.

LEAH CHAVEZ HAS AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT HAALAND, WRAPS UP HER TIME AS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ... administration staff will officially end their duties when President-elect Donald Trump takes ...

The new secretary will also sit on the president's NSC, and will lead the new National Energy Council, which will be critical to Trump's goal of American energy dominance.